Lego owns Bionicle and the name Ketongu. Hasbro owns Transformers. Galem owns Tali, Iris, Ava, Amber, Diego, Alyan, Adhira, and Valera.

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Chapter 3: WHY?!

As Ketongu drove down the long road, Green, Angela, and Golden riding inside with happy expressions, Ketongu couldn't help but feel happy himself. Before Green had experienced their war, Green had seemed not to be at peace with himself, for a couple of reasons. First, there was the stress of him, Golden, and Angela managing an entire zoo all on their own. Second was his refusal to forgive his mom and dad for leaving the zoo and Golden to become Turaga. Lastly was his fear to admit his feelings for Angela, due to the fact that he would never be able to financially support her in the way he felt she deserved. Or at least not at that point. Then, after Green had helped temporarily end the war, and overcame all three problems, things had gotten much better for him. With Jala sending him money, and more employees helping them out, Green had finally seemed happy. More happy than he had been in a long time.

But what had made Green the happiest was the fact that he now had the female of his dreams as his girlfriend. Ketongu nearly chuckled as he had remembered Green and Angela's first days dating. For the first week, Green must have spent hundreds of dollars showering Angela with gifts, which she seemed to enjoy until they had to start using one of the bedrooms to store all of her daily presents. Needless to say, Angela talked him out of it, convincing him that she was in the relationship because she loved him, and nothing would change the way she felt about him.

Now here Green was, engaged to Angela and he looked all the more happy. Considering Green a friend, Ketongu again couldn't help but be happy for the Le-Matoran. Ketongu didn't personally know what it was like to have a good romance-based relationship, his single eye scaring more femmes away than attracting them, at least SOMEONE he knew was succeeding in this department.

Ketongu was jolted out of his thoughts as the base came into view, him starting to pull into the gravel driveway. But the base itself wasn't what had caught his single eye. What had caught his eye instead as he opened his doors, allowing the three Matoran to exit his vehicle mode, was a brightness that seemed to originate from a section in the base to the far right. Once they were safely out, Ketongu transformed into Toa mode. Being taller now, Ketongu turned his head towards the bright spot, his eye widening as he noticed that the roof of said section had caught fire.

"What the scrap"? Ketongu commented.

The three Matoran almost asked the Av-Toabot what he just cursed about, but stopped themselves as they all spotted the burning roof as well. They each widened their eyes at the sight. Though it was a small bit of destruction compared to what they had seen, it was still shocking. They had just gotten out of a battle so they sincerely hoped that they weren't walking into another one just yet. 'Maybe someone pulled the wrong wire in Armor's thought processor (metaphor)'? Green thought, as the Toabot of Iron did have a bit of a temper, probably thanks to all of the times his Toabot guardian had pranked him. Green shook his head then, realizing there was NO way Armor would overreact like this. The worst he had really seen the Toabot do was shout at Ketongu for a mustard sock bomb that was hidden in one of his thirty or so gun cabinets.

"So what happened here"? Green thought aloud.

"Xanthium is what happened." A voice snarled from their left. Alyan was glaring angrily, still mad about the betrayal.

Angela immediately widened her eyes, shocked at this revelation. Also confused as she crossed her arms and looked down at the ground. 'Xanthium had just tried to help us take down the Insidious, right'? Angela thought. So then, why betray them if he was on their side. 'Unless he's been planning this for a long time'. Angela thought. Now that Angela was starting to think back to that battle, something really didn't add up. When Xanthium had fought the Insidious, he had failed to beat him. But when Paradox, someone whom Xanthium had trained, had taken on the Insidious, the Insidious fell a bit too easily. Sure there was that lightning that added to his power, plus the prophecy to sort of back him up. But Xanthium was powerful too, bearing the element of Supernova, an element of hundreds of destructive capabilities. Yet Xanthium hadn't used it on his foe. 'Perhaps he was holding back'? Angela thought. Considering all of the evidence currently in her head, and the slight destruction before them, it was a highly likely possibility.

But regardless of all of this evidence, one mind provoking question remained unanswered, and in the heads of all five people currently there: Why would Xanthium betray the Toabot cause? One that he had practically created himself? As far as they were concerned, Xanthium had no motives. It just didn't make any logical sense.

A few moments of silents passed before the sound of familiar flight boosters graced their ears, Paradox's jet form hovering just a few inches away now. Paradox, having already spotted the destruction earlier, transformed into Toa mode faster than even Ketongu had ever seen him do. As Paradox stood in Toa mode, he gazed at the still lit fire on the roof to their right, a confused expression on his mask. 'Have we just been attacked'? Paradox wondered as he gazed carefully at the burning roof, trying to spot any signs of life or Makutacon activity.

But as he gazed at the destruction, Paradox spotted something that angered him immediately. On an outstretched, shard piece of metal, was an impaled corpse of a Toa, bleeding heavily from the mouth. Both fists tightened at the sight, his anger only continuing to rise. Whatever had just happened, involved the deaths of many innocent Toa, all of whom had loving families and friends who cherished them dearly. 'Now they will never get to see the ones they love again or vice versa'. Paradox thought ragefully, an angry tear exiting his left optic.

Paradox didn't bother wiping the tear away as he asked in the calmest tone he could muster, which wasn't much at the moment: "Who did this"?

"It was Xanthium, Paradox." Alyan walked over to the Toabot leader, his anger radiating off his armor in waves. "He did this. I saw it with my own eyes. He's betrayed us."

Green gazed cautiously at the Toabot leader, having never seen him this angry since Gahu had been , Green knew that as they were his friends, Paradox would never even fathom the idea of harming any of them, physically or emotionally. But Killer was his brother, and Paradox had lashed out at hi for killing the Toa of Lava. 'That was different'. Green thought. 'Killer is a liarkless Makutacon general who cares for nothing other than Makutacon supremacy'. Still, with no Makutacons around to punish for these murderous actions, Green still had to wonder.

Noticing Green's cautious look, Paradox quickly turned away from the others, not wanting them to bear witness to his angry expression. As a friend who cared deeply for them, he didn't want them to believe that he would harm them, and he would never hurt any innocent people, not even if his own life depended on it. For now, since his friends were there, Paradox would try hard to keep his composure. Just as long as he didn't see any other Toa or Autobots corpses or injuries, and as long as he avoided the lifeless gaze of the impaled corpse, Paradox would be able to keep calm.

Alyan closed his eyes as a single tear of sorrow for his friend rolled down his cheek. He could understand to a degree the anger, rage and pain that Paradox was feeling right now. "I'm sorry." He whispered softly, knowing the words will never undo the horrors.

As Billy was approaching with most of the other injured Toa and Autobots from the destroyed section, Billy quickly noticed the sad expression on the mask of the blind Toa Rahayu of stone. He also noticed Green, Angela, Golden, and Ketongu, all with surprised looks on their faces and Paradox with his back turned to the others. It quickly became evident that Alyan blamed himself for not stopping Xanthium from escaping with whatever relic they still didn't know. Regardless, Billy knew that this was in no way Alyan's fault, and he knew Paradox knew that too.

The first time Billy and his teammates had encountered the Bioformers, they had tried using their elemental powers and their weapons against them. But their min had been impenetrable to both, and their only weakness was to stab or shoot them in the optics, the only exposed parts of the Bioformers that they knew of thus far. With the Makutacons trying so hard to kill them, it didn't exactly give any of them enough time to look for other ones. Plus Xanthium was the original Toabot leader and no one saw this betrayal coming, not even him. The shock would've surely been enough to keep him from even thinking about going for the optics. To be honest, he wasn't sure any of them would've thought of it had they been in his place.

Billy jogged quickly to the Toa, then placing a comforting hand on his shoulder as he said: "Kid, it's not your fault".

Alyan didn't say anything as he closed his eyes and hung his head, the self hate and sorrow clinging to him as a cloak despite Billy's words.

As Paradox heard Billy continue to comfort the Toa, Paradox looked to his left, spotting all of the Toa and Autobots and Toabots approaching. Big mistake. His anger only grew as he saw the multiple carriers they had set down, all of them carrying injured or deceased Toa and/or Autobots. Paradox's fists tightened in rage as he spotted a few males and females crying over the deceased bodies, clearly having been good friends or romantically involved with them. Though Paradox was happy that any of his new comrades had made it out of this attack alive, the fact that Xanthium had willingly killed so many Toa and Autobots from the people they loved, without any hesitation judging from their gruesome wounds, made him angrier by the second. It almost made him regret allowing any Toa or Autobots help him fight in this war. He he said no this never would've happened. All of this made Paradox feel like was all of his fault, for trusting Xanthium and allowing people to come fight for a good cause, only to die mercilessly at the hands of someone they all trusted.

Paradox shut his eyes in rage, letting out a loud roar of rage as he dashed past his friends on the small hill, stopping at a metal wall and pushing his right arm-blade angrily through it. The arm-blade went through the metal wall like a knife cutting butter, a loud screeching sound sounding out a short sob. As Paradox kept his arm-blade in the metal wall, Paradox continued to shake in both sadness and rage, almost unable to believe what had happened, and then continuing to blame himself when he had remembered the fact that the Insidious had warned him that this would happen. Sure Kafeel was a Makutacon, and therefore could not be trusted. It didn't stop the fact that Paradox didn't even want to consider the possibility that Xanthium would betray them. 'Maybe if I had just allowed myself to consider the possibility, and kept a close optic on him...' Almost immediately, a waterfall of angry and sad tears flooded out from his optics. 'My job was to protect Bionicle and Transformer kind and now I am failing'! Paradox thought.

Ketongu widened his eye in shock, having never seen Paradox this angry before. He had seen this guy some pretty brutal stuff out on the battlefield, but he had never seen him react to anything like this. Ketongu didn't exactly blame him. Because Paradox had a massive amount of unconditional love for all sentient life, and because he loved Xanthium almost like a second dad, surely he would take this the hardest out of everyone there. But the fact that Paradox had still snapped like this in front of everyone was unexpected to say the least.

Paradox snapped out of his sad thoughts then, in response to several gasps and murmurs that had emerged from the crowds watching him. Paradox immediately felt worse. For all of the time he had been working with these people, he had tried to be an inspirational leader, trying to be an example of what they could be, so that there may be peace one day for years to come, and yet he had just snapped in front of everyone, showing them a sign of weakness in the leader they all looked up to in times like this.

Trying desperately not to face the crowd, unwilling for them to see his expression or his tears as he slowly removed the arm-blade from the wall. "I am... Sorry". Paradox told them. "I... I do not feel good". He meant that both mentally and literally. The fact that his brother and mentor, someone he had loved and trusted his whole life, had just betrayed the cause he had taught him to fight for, made him want to vomit.

When Alyan heard the blades being drawn, he reacted on instinct to draw his own, only to stare in shock and panic as he witnessed Paradox lose his cool. "Paradox! What are you doing?!"

Still turned away from everyone, Paradox responded as quickly as he could as the sick feeling lingered in his stomach: "I... I need to be alone for a while".

With that being said, Paradox turned quickly and transformed back into jet form before blasting off, away from the TATF (Toa, Autobot, and Toabot Facility) faster than a it probably was not wise to let them see their leader run away, it was a far better option than allowing them to see him in the state he was currently in. Besides that, if he wanted to return to base, to inspire his men to continue fighting to finally end this war, he would need to return as the calm, kind, strong, and compassionate leader they all knew him as. If any of them had seen his tears, they would've immediately lost any hope of victory. So he needed to do two things before returning to base: pray that things would get better, and form a plan to stop this war once and for all.

Diego walked in, managing to dodge the retreating Paradox in time. 'Whoa. What's his hurry?' He wondered, until he saw the damage in front of him. For a minute, his shock froze his vocal chords useless.
"Oh man," he finally muttered, "what hap..." Then he spotted Alyan. The Stone Toa Rahayu was staring at the ground blankly, all fight drained out of him. It frightfully reminded him of that day. "Alyan, are you alright?" He rested a hand on his shoulder.

"Yeah, yeah, I'm okay, Diego. Really."

Diego could hear in his voice that his friend was exactly the opposite, but knew better than to press him right now. "Well, what happened here?"

SilverVolt approached the two, an angry look on his Kanohi Akaku as he responded: "That dirtbag Xanthium stole a powerful relic".

Green widened his eyes immediately. "He what"?!

Though Green was able to put two and two together to come to the conclusion that the base had been attacked by Xanthium, he had had no knowledge to the fact that the Toabot turned traitor had also stolen one of the relics that had been on the Firepower ship. He also couldn't help but be a bit annoyed by that, as they had just beaten a Makutacon general with a "powerful relic" yesterday. 'Talk about deja vu'. Green thought.

"Which one"? Golden asked.

SkyFighter appeared next, standing next to his brother before answering the Matorans question: "That's the problem, we don't know which one it was".

Greens eyes widened even more at this knowledge. 'As if Xanthium, someone who knows the location of the base, and every one of Paradox's moves, betraying us wasn't bad enough'. Green thought. 'Now we don't even know which relic is currently in his possession'. Last Green checked, there wasn't a list of all of the relics on that ship laying around anywhere. Plus, Armor had told him yesterday that each case for the weapons had a padlock, and no one knew the pass codes either. 'Maybe after today, it should remain that way'. Green thought. After all, if Xanthium was willing to betray his own cause, and work to bring about the extinction of all Bionicle and Transformerkind, who knows who else was willing to do the same?

Upon hearing Xanthium being named as the one responsible, Diego felt like he had been turned into stone. He could hardly hear his liarkbeat and he became numb to everyone around him as his processor clung to that name. Xanthium. The only Toabot who had noticed his identity and skill, and had taken him under his wing to train. The Toabot he had looked up to. His mentor. His friend.

Noticing the Praxian had gone still, Alyan looked over and yelped in shock. Diego was so pale he was starting to look the deathly grey of an offline mech! And he was starting to fall like one! "Diego!" Alyan quickly grabbed Diego and struggled to steady him on his pedes. 'Sheesh, mech! Lay off the Energon goodies!'

"Xanthium? He...He did this?"

Alyan felt like he was punched in the stomach. Never in all the years they had been friends had he ever heard Diego this...hopeless.

"Dang right he did". Armor responded in a angry tone, still enraged at what had just happened. Then taking out a Cordak Blaster and cocking it: "First chance I get, I'm shooting the fraggers head off"!

SkyFighter scoffed. "Get in line youngling".

After all of the people Xanthium had killed, and the trust he had demolished carelessly, it was no surprise that everyone would want a shot at him. Even Green probably would've taken a shot. After two battles, Green was in no way afraid of fighting Makutacons. He had temporarily offed Killer, and had even assisted in taking down the Combiner in Maya. If Paradox needed help fighting Xanthium, which he probably would, then they would all be behind him, ready to assist. Not that they didn't have any faith in their Toabot leader. Even after Paradox's emotional breakdown, they knew that he was still a good and responsible leader and fighter. But Xanthium had been the one who trained Paradox since youth. When it came down to them fighting mono on mono, logically, Paradox wouldn't have too much of a fighting chance.

Ketongu then noticed Alyan still steadying the Toabot of lightning, whom had seemed to lose any feeling in his legs. It didn't take long for Diego to figure out why. After Xanthium had figured out that Diego was a Bioformer, he had agreed to train him to use his elemental power. For someone to have gotten as close as Xanthium had, only to carelessly crush Diego's dreams like this, it must have crushed him. Unwilling to see his friend like this any longer, Ketongu approached the two quickly.

Ketongu had a confused look for a while before asking them: "Which one of the Guardian Toa is Diego's mother again"?

Managing to spare a few brain cells to contemplate Ketongu's question, Alyan glanced up in confusion. "That would be Adhira, the Vo-Toa with the white wings. Why"?

Relieved by Alyan's answer, Ketongu pressed a digit on a watch-shaped device on his right wrist. The device began to beep immediately, sending an emergency call out to Adhira, wherever she may be. After the battle in Maya, Ketongu and a few of the other Toabots were given a few of these devices, which had been crafted by a Matoran engineer/inventor/weapons designer in Tommyville, and given to Adhira on request, and of course with payment of an undisclosed amount of cash. Said inventor was said to be one of the best and even supplied some weapons to the TATF base. He was even said to have been friends with the officer/trillionaire Furno. But at the moment, Ketongu was too focused on getting Adhira there ASAP, so he decided to push that thought aside for now.

Upon getting the signal from Ketongu, Ashira warily flew back to the base. She remembered the last time she had responded to a call from him how she had gotten trapped by a bunch of mustard bombs. Being a Queen of Pranks herself, she could respect and admire the effort. It was well played, but what annoyed her was that some of the mustard had gotten into her wings and took a long while to fully clean out. She was still planning out her payback though. Jazz and the Twins had always told her that when it came to payback, timing is everything.

Upon landing, Adhira ran to the group as fast as she could. "You called me, Ketongu?"

"No, I'm Ketongu". Ketongu joked. He raised his hands in surrender immediately as she began to approach, to let her know there were no mustard bombs present before speaking: "Xanthium just betrayed us". Then glancing at Diego: "I think he needs you".

Adhira felt a twinge of sadness upon hearing that Xanthium had betrayed them but when Ketongu mentioned her son, she immediately turned to look in the direst tin the Toabot had gestured. "Diego!" She gasped upon seeing her youngest on his knees on the ground. Quickly running over to his side, she knelt beside him.

"Mom." Adhira's heart broke at how much her son's voice sounded like a frighten child. Without another word, she gathered him into her arms and wrapped her wings around him to give him some privacy. No sooner had she done this that Diego began to sob into her chest. Gently, she rubbed his back in an attempt to sooth him.

"It's okay, Diego. It's okay." But in the back of her mind, she wondered, 'was it really okay?'.

Ketongu looked away nervously then, as he remembered exactly why they had originally decided to come here. They had come to deliver such great news about their Le-Matoran friend, but now it really didn't seem like the right time to do so. Xanthium had betrayed them, and they had casualties because of it. If he had shared the news that someone was having a good day, and was about to start a new life, how would that make everyone else feel? Would it perhaps change their opinion on how much the Toabots cared for their losses?

"Well, we WERE coming here to deliver some good news but..." Ketongu began.

"Ketongu, look around you". Armor interrupted. "Our base has been half destroyed, Paradox is angry, Xanthium has betrayed us, The Makutacons are still out there and several Toa and Autobots are dead. I think now would be the best time for good news regardless of what it is".

"And I think it might help distract Diego right now." Alyan muttered, gazing sadly at his friend.

"I agree." Adhira nodded. She could feel his storm of emotions pounding through their bond and it was taking everything she had to not be consumed in it. "Sweetie, please sweetspark." She quietly begged him. Diego didn't respond. Instead he buried his helm into her shoulder, but he did nod, signaling he was listening.

Ketongu nodded in agreement upon once again noticing the sound of Diego's cries against his mother. Plus, if anybody else noticed them, despite the pain they were surely going through, perhaps it would at least give them something else to think about for a while. Perhaps it would make them feel somewhat assured that things would get better, that out of all of the bad things to come out of tonight, at least one thing came out good on this night. Ketongu looked quickly to his Le-Matoran friend and nodded, motioning him to tell them.

Green looked to his friends with a small smile, still a bit upset about what had recently occurred as he spoke: "Well, it's about me and Angela".

Angela tried to put on her best smile, keeping the tears of sorrow for the fallen from fleeing from her eyes as she lifted her left hand to them, showing them the ring on her ring finger.

Alyan bursted out laughing as the sorrow of the day immediately melted and overflowing joy replaced it. "Alright, Green! Way to go!" He shouted as he clapped the Le Matoran on the back. 'Best. News. EVER!'

Adhira beamed brightly at the new couple, everything in her wanting to jump up and clap her hands wildly like an excited child. "Congratulations, you two!"

Diego peeked up over his mother's wing, like a cute little chick, and also congratulated them, a smile returning a small glimmer of joy to his optics again. " Congratulations, guys!"

Green smiled back at Diego, and the others, happy to have had the opportunity to lighten the mood a bit as he responded: "Thanks".

War Machine chuckled as if he had just heard a joke. "Thank YOU kid".

"Back on our planet, a wedding was one of the most important ceremonies for... well almost ANY couple". Armor told them happily, which surprised Green a bit. Not that Armor was never happy, this was just the most positive mood he had ever seen the Toabot of Iron in.

"There would be cake, dancing, a mini fighting arena just for fun & the best part of it, was that the Groom and the Bride were always wed in front of a large wooden cross". Armor finished.

SideSwerve nodded in agreement. "Yep, jene (those) were the good old tages (days)".

As the Toabots chattered in agreement, Green couldn't help but smile at that last part. The fact that the Groom and Bride were wed in front of a cross made a lot of since. God had created the first man and woman, and therefore created the very concept of marriage. Plus, it was a good way to give thanks to God for giving them all the powerful emotion that was love. From love, sprung many great things such as compassion, forgiveness, trust, etc. Because of that, and the unconditional love from Jesus that they didn't deserve, Green and Angela would both be more than happy to be married in front of a cross, the very symbol of Christianity.

Green chuckled a bit then as he thought about how Armor had mentioned cake. Sure, a large majority of weddings had cakes, but what made it all the more funny was that cakes were Angela's specialty. On every birthday (other than her own), Angela would try to make a cake, and she was good at it. Better than Green anyways. He was good making things on top of a stove, but he was more likely to burn a cake in the oven than anything else. Back when he was first co-managing at the zoo, he hadn't exactly had the time to learn how to cook, other than past his full time work shift, which was pretty late in the evening. Green had to stay up so many hours just to figure out how to use a stove, but it was necessary. If he hadn't learned how to cook, he wouldn't be able to provide food for Golden. Angela had offered to cook once, but Green refused, not wanting her to do anymore work than the three already had to when they were running the zoo alone. Now that they had more employees and money, Green didn't object to her cooking, and he was glad to for reasons already mentioned. But in knowing how many custom made dishes she would serve most nights, Green knew Angela was going to get to work on the cake the second they got home.

However, Green did find the fighting arena a bit questionable. A wedding was supposed to be a ceremony of love after all, and not at all of violence. 'Maybe it's just a Toabot thing'? Green wondered. He also couldn't help but wonder if the Makutacons did the same thing, only on a more brutal level. In knowing how hateful and unforgiving and merciless they were, they probably fought to the death in their arenas. After what Xanthium had just done, he certainly didn't doubt it. If they didn't, he still wouldn't put it past them.

"It sounds beautiful." Adhira commented, smiling. Alyan simply smiled, already making plans to do something like that on his future wedding. Diego shifted a little in Adhira's arms, causing her to loosen her grip a bit, but he still stayed close.

Adhira lowers her left wing but keeps her right wing curled around her son.

Green had a thoughtful look for a moment before responding: "I guess that sounds OK". Then looking to his fiance: "What do you think Angie"?

Angela smiled back at him. "I love it".

Green had a bit of a surprised look. "Really? Even the fighting arena"? After how upset Angela had been that Green had taken a pretty bad beating from Killer earlier, he figured their wedding was the last place she would want to see people fighting for a while.

Angela laughed, understanding Greens concern as she answered: "Yes. Even the fighting arena".

All of these traditions wouldn't be too much of a big deal so Angela wouldn't stress about it. Angela had also decided to do this because she knew how much the Toabots missed Planet X and surely must have missed their old traditions as well. That being said, including all of these traditions, plus the arena, would be a thank you to them for being the great friends that they had been for the past six months that they had known them for. 'But if Green tries to get involved in the arena, I'm calling it off'. Angela silently decided.

"Alright then, that'll be our wedding". Green said. Then smiling to everyone else currently with them: "And you're all invited. Even the Toa and Autobots".

"Thanks Green". Billy responded with a smile and nod.

All things considered, Billy had always thought that Green was a good Matoran. He cared more than a decent amount for his friends, was brave in the face of danger, and was fun to hang out with whenever they all got the chance to do so. After all of this time they had spent fighting together, Green definitely had his trust and support. After everything he had done to help them, Billy was more than happy to attend his wedding.

"Thank you." Adhira, Alyan and Diego said in sync.

Ketongu kneeled down close to Green, a reassuring smile on his faceplates as he said: "I can watch Golden while you two are on your honeymoon".

Green smiled gratefully up at the single eyed Toabot. "That would be great Key, thanks". Green responded.

With Ketongu watching over his little brother, Green and Angela would finally have some privacy. Not that they minded the company of the younger Matoran, he was almost like a son to them, despite being Greens brother. But as the Honeymoon was normally the time a married couple would begin conceiving for a child, he would feel a lot better if Golden was elsewhere, so as not to be scarred for life by the universal method of conception.

Ketongu smirked just as Green was beginning to feel relieved. "I was actually kidding". Ketongu told them. "I'll still have to watch you. And that includes driving you to your honeymoon spot".

With the possibility of the Toabot-Makutacon war continuing during this, Green and Angela would still need a Toabot guardian to watch out for them just in case a Makutacon got any funny ideas. Plus, SkiJack would be able to watch Golden without problem. He was in the same combat class as Ketongu, so Ketongu had no doubt he would be able to handle himself and protect Golden should the Makutacons set their sights on him.

A large, light green blush conquered Green's mask as he had heard that. Just when he thought he would finally get away from Ketongu and that embarrassing radio of his for a little while, he was proven wrong. Sure, he understood why with the war still going on, but in having known Ketongu as long as he had, he knew that this honeymoon would just be another opportunity for Ketongu to embarrass them. And as time had proven, Ketongu almost never passed up the opportunity to do so.

"I'm not so sure how I feel about that". Green commented quickly, only managing to make Ketongu's smirk grow wider.

Diego and Alyan snickered and Adhira giggled at that.

"Why can't I come with you"? Golden decided to ask the second the chuckling had ended.

Green responded almost immediately: "I'm afraid that reason will have to wait to be explained. For ten more years". Then smirking sinisterly at his fiance: "For Angela to tell you".

Angela's eyes widened at that. 'Say what'?! Angela thought. A dark blue blush covered her powerless Rau as she turned her head to a still smirking Green, casting him a glare, as if to silently tell him: 'If you really think I'm going to explain that to YOUR little brother, as much as I love him, you have another thing Green'. She had always told Green that she wanted her life partner to be the one to explain that part of their relationship to the kids, and though Golden was now her brother in law, she wasn't planning on letting that change anytime soon. 'Too embarrassing'. Angela thought. 'Especially considering how many laughs both Green and Ketongu would get out of it. She cast a small glare at Ketongu then as she saw his digits near his radio, making him lower his servo as if he were joking. She didn't know whether or not he was joking, but if he wasn't, she didn't care how much stronger his min was than hers, she would've still put a beating on him.

Diego snickered behind his hand as his mother blushed in memory of that "event" while Alyan pretended to gag.

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